Located on the outskirts of the trendy De Pijp neighborhood, lined with cafés, bookstores and wine bars, the serene Hotel Okura occupies a 23-story building overlooking it all.

This Japanese-owned property dishes out exceptional Asian hospitality with warm, attentive service and zen-like calm; its location in one of the city’s only high-rise buildings also lends itself to ravishing panoramic views.

Travelers seeking a winning combination of a great neighborhood, superb on-site dining options (three of the four on-site restaurants at Hotel Okura—Ciel Blue, Yamazato and Sazanka—are Michelin-starred) and a sublime spa experience will be more than delighted by the many offerings found here. 

Relaxed, understated luxury with a quiet Japanese design undercurrent, evidenced in beautiful woods, clean lines and clear light. It’s a large hotel, with a lot going on, but soft colours and enveloping wooden armchairs in the vast lobby absorb the bustle and assert a zen-like calm.

A bulging bushel of restaurants boast three Michelin stars and a Bib Gourmand between them. Ciel Bleu on the 23rd floor (widely spaced tables, all-encompassing views), under executive chef Arjan Speelman and his rising-star chef de cuisine Mike Klaassen, notches up two of those stars with delicate flavour combinations.

Located on the outskirts of the trendy De Pijp neighborhood, lined with cafés, bookstores and wine bars, the serene Hotel Okura occupies a 23-story building overlooking it all.

This Japanese-owned property dishes out exceptional Asian hospitality with warm, attentive service and zen-like calm; its location in one of the city’s only high-rise buildings also lends itself to ravishing panoramic views.

Travelers seeking a winning combination of a great neighborhood, superb on-site dining options (three of the four on-site restaurants at Hotel Okura—Ciel Blue, Yamazato and Sazanka—are Michelin-starred) and a sublime spa experience will be more than delighted by the many offerings found here. 

By the standards of skyscrapers, 23 floors isn’t all that much — but even the modest Hotel Okura Amsterdam positively towers above its surroundings in the low-rise district of De Pijp, situated just to the south of the city center. It’s a vibrant and ever-evolving neighborhood, full of excellent restaurants and other expressions of urban creativity, and it’s home to an unusual hotel, one that’s Japanese not only in name but in its aesthetic as well.

This is most apparent in the public spaces, which are soothingly minimalist in a way that recalls Tokyo’s finer luxury hotels; it’s also apparent in the service, which also recall Tokyo’s finer luxury hotels in its ubiquitousness and professionalism.